have you atleast met face to face? Besides the married to the military thing is usually hard on the civilian involved. I have seen the military destroy more marraiges than it helped.

If it is something you need to rush in to, for a military marraige it is 10 times more of a red flag than civilian to civilian.

BTW this is from what I have seen of my friends and aquaintances while I have been in the Air Force, the so called "calm" branch of the military.

The main thing to keep in mind is do you care about him and vice versa? or is it a "meal ticket" kinda arrangement, not to be rude but that isn't the healthiest kind of relationship anyway.

Lastly I would just say an old movie cliche line "Look to your heart and you will find the answer"

If any of this doesn't help I apologize but it was all in an attempt to help.

Couldn't it be interpretted that I am thinking too much of arson if i described it too well? even if just for a poem?


I mean if the line was

The end of the ovation, scattered flamables all over a hideaway that was finally found,

rather than,

The end of the ovation, the job was left unfinished,

would that fit ?

Silenced Flames

No more will the flames be flickering as he watched, no more dancing,
The end of the ovation, the job was left unfinished,
Crimes that were planned, not having a chance,
Raindrops laughing at the plot foiled before it began.

The end of the ovation, the job was left unfinished,
News reporting the spree is over, cheers for one and all,
Raindrops laughing,at the plot foiled before it began,
Cops locking up the madman, and shouting taunts.

News reporting the spree is over, cheers for one and all,
Houses people dream of, are now secure,
Cops locking up the madman, and shouting taunts,
People watch as the arsonist is dragged away.

Houses people dream of, are now safe,
Through the ears of the pyromaniac, his plan was ruined,
People watch as the arsonist is dragged away,
Dissipated flames, shattered arrangements, the world is safe again.


I don't know if this one has the same amount of imagery as the last but I figured after a few years of reading the original poem I needed it to have an ending and the arsonist needed to be caught.

Tell me what you think.. maybe with some suggestions I could fix the ending.

funny enough but the internet makes this more believable rather than less. The relationship can start before "sight" and therefore even though it defeats the purpose of the idea, it does make it real.

I wrote this poem back in 1996, when my teacher said my previous version of it lacked imagery. I focused on something with lots of it and shaped a new poem. The style of the poem is called a Pantoum. I also wrote a sequel to this, a few years later and I will post it if anyone wants to read it.

The flame started to flicker and dance
The crackling of burning, rain-soaked wood, like clapping for a job well done
The evidence of the crime, already destroyed
The raindrops turning to steam, not effecting it at all

The crackling of burning, rain-soaked wood, like clapping for a job well done
Wood turning to ashes, plastic melting into sludge
The raindrops turning to steam, not effecting it at all
Fire fighters shouting and running around

Wood turning to ashes, plastic melting into sludge
The house someone once dreamed of, is now rubble
Fire fighters shouting and running around
People watch as the fire grows, never stopping

The house someone once dreamed of, is now rubble
Through the eyes of the flame, all is quiet
People watch as the fire grows, never stopping
Still flickering, still dancing, the fire lived on.

you are probably missing the correct codec. Try downloading a multi codec set and it will probably catch the codec you need. Also you can try searching for "playing divx in media player" in google and it should come up with some results.

Always good to know I am not the only one that fate stuck in Oklahoma.

Well I am new to this site and I am from Oklahoma. I am currently in the Air Force, but I am leaving that and rejoining the civilian world in about 3 months.

Anyway, Hi!

My name was a joke that sort of went bad. I was ina chat room and for some reason I got kicked out for no reason. So I changed a bit of my information and went back, and a week later, the same thing. I tried 3 more times, and I figured it was lame, but I liked the chat site, so I tried a different tactic. I changed all my details to state I was going to be kicked out again... (aka that I was fated to die) and I was never kicked out again, in over a year.

It is rather funny when people see it and think it is morbid. Also it is rather funny to see it on websites when they ask if you are not he current user... they say "if you are not fatedtodie click here", and nobody can.